U.S. Navy awards $197 million contract to BAE Systems for USS Wasp modernization
25 Novembre 2020 - 12:19AM
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BAE Systems has received a $197.4 million contract from the U.S.
Navy to drydock and perform maintenance and modernization work
aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). This is the
second time in four years that the company has performed
significant work onboard the Wasp to sustain its warfighting
capability.
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BAE Systems’ Norfolk shipyard will begin
working aboard the 843-foot-long USS Wasp, seen here sailing in the
Mediterranean Sea, in February 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy)
Under the new contract, BAE
Systems’ Norfolk shipyard will begin working aboard the
843-foot-long USS Wasp in February 2021, performing hull, tank and
mechanical work. The contract includes options that, if exercised,
would bring the cumulative value to $237.7 million.
During the company’s last maintenance availability aboard the
Wasp, from December 2016 to May 2017, BAE Systems added
modifications to support Joint Strike Fighter operations
onboard.
“BAE Systems is very familiar with USS Wasp, performing
substantial upgrade work onboard before its forward deployment to
Japan three years ago,” said Mark Whitney, deputy general manager
of BAE Systems Ship Repair and general manager of Norfolk Ship
Repair. “Our team of skilled tradespeople and subcontractors look
forward to executing another long sustainment period on Wasp, to
ensure the ship retains its sharp warfighting capability.”
The USS Wasp is the lead ship of a class of U.S. Navy amphibious
assault ships. It is the 10th Navy vessel to bear the name since
1775.
To prepare for drydocking the Wasp, BAE Systems sent its largest
floating drydock in Norfolk to a Baltimore, Maryland, shipyard for
five months of lifecycle maintenance. The drydock, called “Titan,”
returned to Norfolk earlier this month. The lifecycle maintenance
work performed on Titan drydock will enable the yard to service the
largest Navy ships in the port of Norfolk for another 20 to 25
years. Titan is capable of lifting up to 52,500 long tons. The USS
Wasp displaces about 40,500 long tons.
BAE Systems is a leading provider of ship repair, maintenance,
modernization, conversion, and overhaul services for the Navy,
other government agencies, and select commercial customers. The
company operates four full-service shipyards in California,
Florida, Hawaii, and Virginia, and offers a highly skilled,
experienced workforce, seven dry docks and railways, and
significant pier space and ship support services.
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